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And on the wave is deeper blue,

And on the leaf a browner hue,

And in the heaven that clear obscure,

So softly dark, and darkly pure,

Which follows the decline of day,

As twilight melts beneath the moon away.

Evening

P.B.Shelley

The sun is set; the swallows are asleep;

The bats are flitting fast in the gray air;

The slow soft toads out of damp corners creep,

And evening's breath, wandering here and there

Over the quivering surface of the stream,

Wakes not one ripple from its silent dream.

There are no dews on the dry grass tonight,

Nor damp within the shadow of the trees;

The wind is intermitting, dry and light;

And in the inconstant motion of the breeze

The dust and straws are driven up and down,

And whirled about the pavement of the town.

The Bells

EA.Poe

Hear the sledges with the bells —

Silver bells!

What a world of merriment their melody fortells!

How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night!

While the stars, that oversprinkle

All the heavens, seem to twinkle

With a crystalline delight;

Keeping time, time, time

In a sort of Runic rhyme,

To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells

From the bells, bells, bells, bells,

Bells, bells, bells.

From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.

G.G.Byron

"Adieu! Adieu! my native shore

Fades o'er the waters blue;

The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar,

And shrieks the wild sea-mew.

Yon sun that sets upon the sea

We follow in his flight;

Farewell awhile to him and thee,

My native Land – Good Night!

"A few short hours, and he will rise

To give the morrow birth;

And I shall hail the main and skies,

But not my mother earth.

Deserted is my own good hall,

Its hearth is desolate;

Wild weeds are gathering on the wall;

My dog howls at the gate.

"With thee, my bark, I'll swiftly go

Athwart the foaming brine;

Nor care what land thou bear'st me to,

So not again to mine.

Welcome, welcome, ye dark blue waves!

And when you fail my sight,

Welcome, ye deserts, and ye caves!

My native Land – Good Night!"

(From "Childe Harold's Pilgrimages")

My Soul is Dark

G.G.Byron

My soul is dark – Oh! quickly string

The harp I yet can brook to hear;

And let thy gentle fingers fling

Its melting murmurs o'er mine ear.

If in this heart a hope be dear,

That sound shall charm it forth again:

If in these eyes there lurk a tear,

"Twill flow, and cease to burn my brain.

But bid the strain be wild and deep,

Nor let thy notes of joy be first:

I tell thee, minstrel, I must weep

Or else this heavy heart will burst;

For it hath been by sorrow nursed,

And ached in sleepless silence long:

And now 'tis doomed to know the worst,

And break at once – or yield to song.

She is not Fair

Hartley Coleridge

She is not fair to outward view,

As many maidens be;

Her loveliness I never knew

Until she smiled on me.

Oh, then I saw her eye was bright,

A well of love, a spring of light.

But now her looks are coy and cold —

To mine they ne'er reply;

And yet I cease not to behold

The love-light in her eye.

Her very frowns are sweeter far

Than smiles of other maidens are.

Those Evening Bells

Th.Moore

Those evening bells!

Those evening bells!

How many a tale their music tells,

Of love, and home, and that sweet time,

When last I heard their soothing chime!

Those joyous hours are passed away!

And many a heart that then was gay

Within the tomb now darkly dwells

And hears no more those evening bells!

And so 'twill be when I am gone,

That tuneful peal will still ring on,

While other bards shall walk these dells,

And sing your praise, sweet evening bells!

The Daffodils

W.Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the Milky Way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay;

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee.

A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company;

I gazed – and gazed – but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the daffodils.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound's the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

Home-Thoughts, from Abroad

Robert Browning

Oh, to be in England

Now that April is there,

And whoever wakes in England

Sees, some morning, unaware,

That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf

Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,

While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough

In England – now:

And after April, when May follows,

And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows!

Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge

Leans to the field and scatters on the clover

Blossoms and dewdrops – at the bent spray's edge —

That's the wise thrush: he sings each song twice over,

Lest you should think he never could recapture

The first fine careless rapture!

And though the fields look rough with hoary dew,

All will be gay when noontide wakes anew

The buttercups, the little children's dower,

– Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower!

The Song of Hiawatha

H.W.Longfellow

(Extract)

Ye who love the haunts of Nature,

Love the sunshine of the meadow,

Love the shadow of the forest,

Love the wind among the branches,

And the rain-shower and the snow-storm,

And the rushing of great rivers

Through their palisades of pine-trees,

And the thunder in the mountains,

Whose innumerable echoes

Flap like eagles in their eyries; —

Listen to these wild traditions,

To this song of Hiawatha!

Ye who love a nation's legends

, Love the ballads of a people,

That like voices from afar off

Call to us to pause and listen,

Speak in tones so plain and childlike,

Scarcely can the ear distinguish

Whether they are sung or spoken; —

Listen to this Indian Legend,

To this Song of Hiawatha!

If

Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,

Or being hated, don't give way to hating,

And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream – and not make dreams your master;

If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two imposters just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch and toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings – nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,

Yours is fhe Earth and everything that's in it,

And – which is more – you'll be a Man, my son!

SUPPLEMENT

SECTION TWO

Ex. 12, a)

... George said his watch went wrong one evening, and stopped at a quarter past eight. He didn't know this at the time because, for

some reason or other, he forgot to wind it up when he went to bed.

... It was in the winter when this happened, very near the shortest day, and a week of fog into the bargain, so the fact that it was

still very dark when George woke in the morning was no guide to him as to the time.

... It was a quarter past eight. "Angels and ministers of grace defend us!" exclaimed George, "and here have I got to be in the City

by nine. Why didn't somebody call me? Oh, this is a shame!" And he flung the watch down, and sprang out of bed, and had a cold

bath, and washed himself and dressed himself, and shaved himself in cold water because there was not time to wait for the hot, and

then rushed and had another look at the watch.

Whether the shaking it had received in being thrown down on the bed had started it, or how it was, George could not say, but cer-

tain it was that from a quarter-past eight it had begun to go, and now pointed to twenty minutes to nine.

George snatched it up, and rushed downstairs. In the sitting– room, all was dark and silent: there was no fire, no breakfast.

... Then he dashed on his great-coat and hat, and, seizing his umbrella, made for the front door ... and ran out.

He ran hard for a quarter of a mile, and at the end of that distance it began to be borne in upon him as a strange and curious thing

that there were so few people about, and that there were no shops open.

... Then, with his watch still in his hand, he went up to the policeman, and asked him if he knew what time it was.

"What's the time?" said the man, eyeing George up and down with evident suspicion, "why, if you listen you will hear it strike."

George listened, and a neighbouring clock immediately obliged.

"But it's only gone three!" said George in an injured tone, when it had finished.

"Well, and how many did you want it to g o ? " replied the constable.

"Why, nine," said George, showing his watch. "Do you know where you live?" said the guardian of public order severely.

George thought, and gave the address.

"Oh! that's where it is, is i t ? " replied the man; "well, you take my advice and go there quietly, and take that watch of yours with

you; and don't let's have any more of it."

(From "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K.Jerome)

SECTION THREE

Ex. 19.

H a r r y : Nora! Nora!

N o r a (coming into the room): Yes, what is it now, Harry?

H a r r y : Oh, there you are. Look here, Nora, I'm tired of lying here on my back with nothing to do. I hate doing nothing.

N o r a : Don't be silly, Harry. You've got a temperature, and staying in bed is the only sensible thing to do. Now just be quiet, and

stop preventing me from doing my housework.

H a r r y : No, seriously, Nora, I can't bear it. Lying flat on my back!

N o r a : Wel then, try lying on your stomach for a change!

H a r r y : Stop being funny. I'm going to get up. There! Look, I'm standing up. I'm quite all right. What's the use of staying in bed?

N o r a : I think you're being very silly. You'll only make your temperature go up again.

H a r r y : It's no use talking, Nora – being ill doesn't suit me.

N o r a: No – and trying to nurse you doesn't suit me!

H a r r y : Now don't be bitter about it. You know I'm grateful to you for looking after me. But you mustn't try to keep me in bed like a

naughty boy.

N o r a : Well, you began it by behaving like a naughty boy!

H a r r y : I'm all against this staying in bed for no reason.

N o r a : Harry, being ill is a reason... Now don't stand by that window and catch another cold... Let me see, half past eleven.

H a r r y : Why do you keep looking at the clock?

N o r a : I'm expecting Mother – she's coming over for the day.

H a r r y : Good heavens! I didn't know that.

N o r a : Yes, I think she has something she wants to talk to you about.

H a r r y : Oh heavens! Has she (groans)... You know, Nora, I do feel a bit ill; perhaps I had better get back to bed.

N o r a (disingenuously): Oh, what a pity! I thought perhaps you might stay up to see her.

H a r r y (to himself): That's the very reason I'm getting back into bed!

N o r a : What did you say?

H a r r y : Oh, er – nothing.

(From "Meet the Parkers", Tartu, 1961)

SECTION FOUR

Ex. 12.

H a r r y : We shall be awfully late home if that No. 12 bus doesn't come soon... Let's stand in this doorway out of the wind.

N o r a : All right, but we must be careful not to miss the bus... How did you enjoy the film?

H a r r y: I'd never have gone if I had known it was going to be so silly.

N o r a : Why, what was silly about it?

H a r r y : Well, no sane man would have married that other girl so soon after he had murdered his wife. It was sure to make

people suspicious,

N o r a : If he had been sane he wouldn't have murdered her! Besides the girl wouldn't have waited for him if he hadn't asked her

immediately.

H a r r y: All the better for him if she hadn't! N o r a : Yes, but then he wouldn't have paid for his crime. Anyhow, I'd have enjoyed

the film much more if Elsa Hollywood had been in it instead of Linda Spangle.

H a r r y : And I'd have enjoyed it more, if we hadn't gone at all.

N o r a [sharply): And I'd have enjoyed it more, if you hadn't been so rude to that woman in front.

H a r r y : Well, I shouldn't have been rude to her if she had stopped chattering when I asked her.

N o r a : I wish you'd behave better in public places.

H a r r y : I behave better! I like that! Why, if that woman had... (Sound of bus starting up.) But look, isn't that a No. 12 bus just

going?

N o r a : Yes, it is, and we've missed it after all. We should have seen that bus, Harry, if you hadn't been so busy quarrelling.

H a r r y (in injured tones): Really, Nora, I think it would have been much better if I had stayed at home tonight and let you go to

the cinema alone.

(From "Meet the Parkers", Tartu, 1961)

Ex. 14.

You see, it was in this way: we were sitting in a meadow, about ten yards from the water's edge, and we had just settled down

comfortably to feed. Harris had the beefsteak pie between his knees, and was carving it, and George and I were waiting with our

plates ready.

"Have you got a spoon there?" said Harris. "I want a £poon to help the gravy with."

The hamper was close behind us, and George and I both turned round to reach one out. We were not five seconds getting it. When

we looked round again, Harris and the pie were gone.

It was a wide, open field. There was not a tree or a bit of hedge for hundreds of yards. He couldn't have tumbled into the river, be-

cause we were on the water side of him, and he would have had to climb over us to do it.

George and I gazed all about. Then we gazed at each other...

"I suppose the truth of the matter is," suggested George, "that there has been an earthquake."

And then he added, with a touch of sadness in his voice: "I wish he hadn't been carving that pie."

With a sigh, we turned our eyes once more towards the spot where Harris and the pie had last been seen on earth, and there, as our

blood froze in our veins and our hair stood up on end, we saw Harris's head – and nothing but his head – sticking bolt upright

among the tall grass, the face very red, and bearing upon it an expression of great indignation.

George was the first to recover.

"Speak!" he cried, "and tell us whether you are alive or dead – and where is the rest of you?"

"Oh, don't be a stupid ass!" said Harris's head. "I believe you did it on purpose."

"Did what?" exclaimed George and I.

"Why, put me to sit here – darn silly trick! Here, catch hold of the pie." And out of the middle of the earth, as it seemed to us, rose

the pie – very much mixed up and damaged; and, after it, scrambled Harris – tumbled, grubby, and wet.

He had been sitting, without knowing it, on the very verge of a small gully, the long grass hiding it from view; and in leaning a lit tle

back he had shot over, pie and all.

(From "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome)

our blood froze in our veins and our hair stood up on end, we saw Harris's head – and nothing but his head – sticking bolt upright

among the tall grass, the face very red, and bearing upon it an expression of great indignation.

George was the first to recover.

"Speak!" he cried, "and tell us whether you are alive or dead – and where is the rest of you?"

"Oh, don't be a stupid ass!" said Harris's head. "I believe you did it on purpose."

"Did what?" exclaimed George and I.

"Why, put me to sit here – darn silly trick! Here, catch hold of the pie." And out of the middle of the earth, as it seemed to us, rose

the pie – very much mixed up and damaged; and, after it, scrambled Harris – tumbled, grubby, and wet.

He had been sitting, without knowing it, on the very verge of a small gully, the long grass hiding it from view; and in leaning a lit tle

back he had shot over, pie and all.

(From "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome)

SECTION FIVE

Ex. 11.

On the Boat

"This way for the Dover boat."

"Have your passports ready, please."

"Pass up the gangway."

"First class to the right, second class to the left."

"Here we are. Would you like to stay up on deck or go down below?"

"Oh, I don"t know. I'm not much of a sailor."

"Oh, you won't be sea-sick today. The sea is perfectly calm. We're sure to have a good crossing. I'll get a couple of deck chairs, up

here, in the sun."

"Oh, well, I'll risk it. But if the worst comes to the worst, don't blame me."

"Do you travel much?"

"Not more than I can help by sea. I've crossed the channel once before but frankly I did not enjoy it."

"Why don't you fly across?"

"I think I shall one of these days. It couldn't possibly be worse than a really bad sea crossing."

"I can see the English coast already, can you?" "Yes, just. Well, I suppose we'd better get ready for landing."

"I say, you haven't got anything dutiable, have you? If you have, you'd better declare it. Whatever you do, don't try to bribe the

customs officer or you'll get into trouble."

"I don't think I'm quite as foolish as that. As a matter of fact, I don't think I have anything to declare. Still, thanks all the same."

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

MORPHOLOGY

1. Comment on the use of nouns in bold type.

2.

Peter Carl Faberge was Russia's Imperial jeweller.

3.

– What a beautiful Easter egg! – Yes, wonderful, it's a Faberge.

4.

Little Ben is always looking for trouble.

5.

Big Ben and the Tower are very much photographed by tourists.

6.

He lives in an ivory tower.

7.

Simon lives in the suburbs of the city and it takes him an hour to get to the City.

8.

This small museum is proud to have a Levitan and an Aivazovsky.

9.

Mine is a Panasonic, not a Sony.

10. This film won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film last year.

11.

Alex is driving a brand new Ford.

12.

Henry Ford started the company Ford Motor Co.

13.

Your son could be a new Newton!

14.

This singer is called the new Elvis.

15.

– "I see your husband is really a Jack-of-all-trades." – «Yes, and master of none.»

16.

– "What a smart dress!" – "Yes, it's a Chanel."

17.

– "I like your sport suit, is it an Adidas?" – "No, it's a Nike. "

18.

The Roosevelts provided America with two presidents.

19.

My new master was a Mr. Rochester, who was often away from home.

20.

Peter Ustinov comes from the Benois, and like a Benoi is very talented.

21.

Now she was playing the practical, sensible Frisch, the «Wortian who Got Things Done».

22.

Why weren't there more Coras in the world? Why wasn't she more like Cora?

23.

A scared Michelle couldn't utter a word.

2. Insert the right article.

Can I introduce ... Margaret Diamond?

Can I introduce ... Margaret Diamond I told you about last week?

There is ... Margaret Diamond waiting for you in the office.

Well, mine is ... Lincoln, not... Toyota.

The National Gallery bought... Constable at the auction.

Have you got... Collins that I could borrow?

– What a bright pullover! – Yes, it's ... Benetton.

– Do you know who invented ... Pullman?

The actor got... Nika for this film.

She was a good actress. She made ... rather touching Natalia Petrovna in "A Month in the Country" by Turgenev.

This isn't... Paris I used to know.

There will always be ... England for me!

... two Americas have different climatic zones.

The concert hall bought... new Petroff.

How strong the boy is! ... true Hercules!

3. Translate into English.

1. – He мог бы ты одолжить мне своего Вебстера? – А Хорнби тебе не подойдет? – Да, конечно.

2.– Ты настоящий Ловелас! – А ты Дон-Жуан!

3.Я профан в живописи. Я не отличу Сезанна от Пикассо.

4.Это Лилиан? Как она изменилась! Это совсем не та Лилиан, которую я знал девочкой.

5.– Нельзя ли мне заказать Бирмингем? – Да, но у нас два Бирмингема на компьютере. Вам нужен Бирмингем, который в

Америке или же Бирмингем, который в Англии? – Бирмингем, который в Англии.

6.– Я купил новый телевизор вчера. – Это Сони? – Нет, это Филипс.

7.Мы получили факс от некоего Романова.

8.Ваш сын может стать еще одним Дэвидом Копперфильдом со всеми этими его трюками.

9.– Я вижу, что у тебя Хонда? – Нет, это машина моей жены.

10.Завтра в Москве открывается новый Мак-Дональдс.

11.– Нет ли у тебя «Америки» почитать? – К сожалению, нет. Но есть «Космополитен».

12.– Я видел Пола Маккартни, когда был в Англии. – Того самого Пола Маккартни? – Да.

13.Никогда не думала, что у Морозовых такая шикарная библиотека.

14.К своей радости я увидела в магазине Даля и купила его.

15.Перестань вести себя так! Ты не Скарлетт, а я не Ретт.

16.Да ты просто Джеймс Бонд!

17.Полиция говорит, что у тебя дома есть Калашников.

18.Девочка хочет, чтобы Дед Мороз принес ей Барби на Новый Год.

19.Лорд Сэндвич изобрел бутерброд.

20.– Я выпью один Мартини. – А мне одну содовую, пожалуйста.

21.Перепуганная Марина ответила на телефонный звонок.

22.Теперь у нас есть полная «Британника», и это нас всех очень ра– дует.

2.3– Няня дома? – Она отправилась в магазин за покупками.

24.– Какой красивый магазин! – Да, это Валентино.

4. Read, translate and comment on the forms and functions of the infinitives.

1.

To sleep in such a place, he felt, would be madness.

2.

Dick climbed to the top of a tall oak to look around on the snow-covered forest.

3.

They began to run straight like deer and they were fast enough to be on time.

4.

– Go on, my boy, I'm here to listen to you. – Well, I want to take my words back, sir. I'm sorry to have called you names.

5.

Everybody resents him because he has so much money to throw around.

6.

To exclude all possibility of mistakes it's necessary to do researches in this field as-well.

7.

I knew little about the man I was to defend and was reluctant to take up the case.

8.

Gold and love affairs are hard to hide.

9.

There is a time to fish and a time to dry nets.

10. I took the opportunity to speak to Pandora.

11. This joke made our guide smile for the first time.

12. I failed to see Caroline leave the house.

13. It was an extremely stupid thing to do, wasn't it?

14. To listen to Elton John is sheer delight.

15. People go to safari to watch wild animals in their natural habitat.

16. I went to the bathroom to cool down.

17. Need I say more? I'd better stop now not to cause any more trouble, to put it mildly.

18. To win the contest, Paul needed luck.

19. This table is very convenient to work at.

20. It is a great pleasure to accept you in my house.

21. The man is hard to deal with.

22. I have so many problems to consider.

23. He went to the Middle East to die of yellow fever.

5. Use the bare infinitive where necessary.

1.

Father is willing ... let us ... be independent.

2.

David is known ... have taken part in the campaign.

3.

I won't have you ... say it behind my back.

4.

Ever since Simon came here he has been made ... look like a fool.

5.

Why not... buy something new and smashing?

6.

Mother made everybody ... do some work about the house.

7.

She is always seen ... walk with her grandchildren.

8.

We suppose her ... be in her late fifties.

9.

I've never seen anyone ... enjoy food so much.

10. I would sooner let myself... be cut in a thousand pieces than ... betray my friends.

11. The team was announced ... have won the Cup.

12. Let's ... have a day off, shall we?

13. You'd better not... say anything. I'd rather ... be left alone.

14. The Lovedays can't afford ... buy this house.

15. I was made ... scrub the pans and pots.

16. Don't let's ... go home yet.

17. He is known ... be an expert on ecology.

18. There is nothing ... do but... risk it.

19. We have ... go now. We can't... wait any more.

20. She felt her shoes ... pinch.

6.Translate into English.

1. Завтра будет очень насыщенный день. У Вас несколько клиентов, которых нужно принять и два собрания, которые нужно

посетить.

2.Совершенно нет времени, чтобы расслабиться. А столько еще нужно сделать!

3.С Дженис очень трудно связаться. Она, кажется, висит на телефоне весь вечер.

4.Мне придется проверить в своем дневнике. У меня могут быть телефонные звонки, которые нужно сделать.

5.Познать себя – это знать свои достоинства и недостатки.

6.Книги заставили меня совершенно по-новому взглянуть на мир.

7.Секрет заключается в том, чтобы узнать, как использовать разные цвета, чтобы произвести наилучший эффект.

1. Мы советуем Вам не терять ни единого дня для того, чтобы добиться наилучших результатов.

2. Эта паста достаточно сильна, чтобы удалить самые разные пятна.

3. Чтобы исключить любую возможность ошибки, необходимо провести тщательное расследование.

4. – Нужно ли говорить что-либо еще? – Нет, тебе лучше помолчать, чтобы не усугубить положение.

5. Адриан воспользовался возможностью, чтобы поговорить с отцом.

6. Его заставили позволить детям отправиться на пикник.

7. Он построил для себя дом, но жить в нем ему не пришлось.

8. Ему трудно доверять. Он – последний человек, к кому можно обратиться за помощью.

7.1. Explain the difference between the following pairs of words.

1. glass – a glass

10. language – a language

2. paper – a paper

11. tin – a tin

3. wood – a wood

12. study – a study

4. iron – an iron

13. light —alight

5. string – a string

14. air – an air

6. coffee – a coffee

15. duck – a duck

7. cloth – a cloth

16. gold – a gold

8. rubber – a rubber

17. play – a play

9. lamb – a lamb

18. thought – a thought

II. Make up exclamatory sentences according to the model:

Good advice. – What good advice! Good idea. – What a good idea!

1. terrible weather

7.

clever people

terrible climate

clever person

2. beautiful language

8.

difficult job

beautiful suitcase

difficult work

3. elegant clothes

9.

fresh bread

elegant dress

fresh loaf

4. heavy rainfall

10. delicious food

heavy shower

delicious meal

5. healthy cow

11. horrrible song

healthy cattle

horrible music

6. awful rubbish

12. tough beef

awful mess

tough steak

8.Give the plural of the following nouns if possible.

1. a lottery

11.

petrol

21.

a species

2. a fisherman

12.

a chef

22.

a carp

3. a fish

13.

information

23.

a tooth

4. a series

14.

a foot

24.

a cuckoo

5. a Japanese

15.

weather

25.

a taxi

6. progress

16.

a tomato

26.

a menu

7. a person

17.

a means

27.

toast

8. a woman

18.

a photo

28.

a mongoose

9. advice

19.

a leaf

29.

a disco

10. a mouse

20.

an ox

30.

a Swiss

a class-mate

a forget-me-not

a grown-up

a man-of-war

a hanger-on

a man-servant

a boy-friend

a merry-go-round

an office-block

a mother-in-law

a cupful

a passer-by

a court-martial

a woman-driver

a school-inspector

9. Complete the table. Note that some of these words of foreign origin have regular plurals.

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

1.

cacti

13.

memoranda

2. analysis

14. stadium

3.

stimuli

15. museum

4.

strata

16.

addenda

5. datum

17.

radii

6. curriculum

18. drama

7. basis

19. genius

8. fungus

20.

appendices

9.

genera

21. axis

10. index

22.

media

11.

crises

23. album

12.

criteria

24.

phenomena

10. Comment on the use of uncountable nouns in bold type.

1. Information rules the world.

2. Newspapers and television don't always provide accurate and reliable information.

3. We hope the information will remain secret.

4. If advice is needed, ask one of our staff.

5. Did you follow the advice I gave you ?

6. Jackie needs a piece of practical advice.

7. Good advice can be given, good name cannot be given.

8. We are all hoping for good news.

9. The good news is that he did get an Oscar.

10. They wore boots and galoshes in wet weather.

11. He hopes there's big money in this new business.

12. This machine doesn't give change. Please have the right money ready.

13. Bad money always comes back.

14. The weather proved to be as good as the weatherman had predicted.

15. We all look forward to warmer weather.

16. To recover completely, he must come back to work, but it shouldn't be hard work.

17. Love is an ideal thing; marriage is a real thing, but it is a lottery.

18. Never marry for money, but marry where money is.

11. Choose the first or the second word in the following sentences.

2. Play/a play and no work will make you lazy.

3. History/a history repeats itself.

4. Grammar/a grammar is taught deeply in this school.

5. My father has French grammar/an old French grammar.

6. Faith/a faith helps people to live.

7. Nature/a nature should be protected against pollution.

8. He was a man who lived for pleasure/a pleasure.

9. He has nature/a nature like his grandfather's.

10. It was pleasure/a pleasure to talk to you.

11. Can you do me favour/a favour?

12. Get down to business/a business, all of you!

13. Charity/a charity begins at home.

14. You should study law/a law at university.

15. Language/a language is unique to humans.

16. To succeed in life you need will/a will.

17. In her youth she was beauty/a beauty.

18. We are looking for people with experience/an experience.

19. I need study/a study where I can work quietly.

20. They are looking fdr work/a work at the moment.

21. Speech/a speech is a manifestation of language.

12. Translate into English.

1. Что такое новости и как их собирают?

2. – Какие последние новости? – Они очень интересные.

3. Есть одна новость, которую хотелось бы обсудить.